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J493 Little men preferred to big men. Preacher prefers small men because the intellect has difficulty in reaching to one's heels
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- Other choices · J480 entry
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- Inflicters rather than receivers of wounds chosen. Men with many wounds recommended as soldiers. King had rather have those who gave the wounds · J481 entry
- King advised to marry maid rather than widow. Widow would have things her own way · J482 entry
- Choice: to do that which one knows or to learn something · J483 entry
- Enjoyment preferred to wealth · J484 entry
- Three sins of the hermit. Choice of three sins given him: adultery, murder (theft), drunkenness. He chooses drunkenness; the others follow. (Cf. J21.25.) · J485 entry
- Death preferred above God and Justice · J486 entry
- Tame dog prefers food basin to fleeing hare · J487 entry
- Fox had rather meet one hen than fifty women · J488 entry
- Old sweetheart chosen in preference to new · J491 entry
- [First Edition (Additions and Corrections): J492. Better be consul in Rome than king elsewhere.] · J492[1st ed.] entry